Requirements for the Minor
Required Course
| SLJ 210 | Introduction to Social Justice | 3 |
Intersectionality array
One of:
Political Economy array
One of:
| ANT 322 | Anthropology of Globalization | 3 |
| POL 120 | Political Ideologies & Issues | 3 |
| POL 371 | Political Economy of Development | 3 |
A capstone experience
Students will have some experience with social justice issues in a practical, community-based setting. A variety of experiences can count for this requirement, including Shepherd internships, academic internships, Community-Based Learning classes, Bonner service, or other experiences approved by the Social Justice committee.
During their senior year, students will be asked to analyze that experience before the committee in light of their study of social justice. This analysis will take place in the spring term before members of the committee, either in a RICE presentation, another academic setting, or a special meeting of the Social Justice Committee.
Electives
Three courses from the following lists:
(Students wishing to understand how social justice could work in relation to particular forms of difference in society may be helped by seeing several related courses listed. The minor does not require students to specialize in any track; these lists are simply meant to help students already interested in some particular areas to see related offerings. Courses may be taken as electives only if not taken to fulfill another requirement of the minor.)
Education
| ECO 325 | U.S. Education Policy | 3 |
| EDU 265 | Education Policy and Social Change | 3 |
| EDU 295 | Global Perspectives on Education | 3 |
| EDU 320 | Education and Incarceration | 3 |
Environment
Gender
International
| ANT 322 | Anthropology of Globalization | 3 |
| ANT 339 | Anthropology of Human Rights | 3 |
| HIS 352 | Modern Africa | 3 |
| HIS 433 | Religion & Politics in Eastern Africa | 3 |
| LAS 370 | Brazil's Racial Paradise: Myth or Reality | 3 |
| POL 120 | Political Ideologies & Issues | 3 |
| POL 371 | Political Economy of Development | 3 |
| SPA 364 | Afro-Hispanic Identity: Race, Nation and the American African Diaspora | 3 |
| SPA 370 | Latin American Colonial Literature | 3 |
Other topics
| ANT 305/SOC 305 | Research Methods | 3 |
| ANT 308 | Social Justice and Contemporary Identity Politics | 3 |
| ANT 315 | Community-Based Anthropology | 3 |
| ARH 395 | Art and Social Justice | 3 |
| ECO 352 | Policy Analysis in Our Community | 3 |
| ENG 374 | Unmaking Asian America | 3 |
| ENG 385 | Postcolonial Literature of Resistance | 3 |
| PHI 171 | An Introduction to Ethical Thinking | 3 |
| POL 205 | Introduction to Political Analysis | 3 |
| POL 321 | Civil Liberties | 3 |
| POL 332 | Public Policy | 3 |
| POL 355 | Policies of Mass Incarceration | 3 |
| PSY 205 | Introduction to Research Methods | 3 |
| REL 381 | Shari’a Justice: Visions of Rights and Responsibilities in Islam | 3 |
| SOC 315 | Race, Class and Gender | 3 |
| SOC 321 | The Happy Society | 3 |
| SOC 375 | Sociology of Health and Illness | 3 |
| SOC 395 | Social Movements | 3 |
Race and Ethnicity
Wealth and Poverty
| ECO 405 | Labor Economics and Public Policy | 3 |
| SOC 120 | Social Structure | 3 |
| SOC 210 | Social Welfare: Social Workers, Activists, Bureaucrats | 3 |
NOTES:
- Students should take courses from at least three different disciplines, not counting SLJ 210 and SLJ 350.
- At least 5 of the 6 courses for the minor must be 200-level or higher, and 3 of those must be 300-level or higher.
- Upon program committee approval, additional courses may be added to the list of courses fulfilling minor requirements.
- Because some of the courses listed below have prerequisites, and several courses are not offered regularly or are offered only once every two years, students are encouraged to consult with a program committee member early on to discuss course offering schedules and options for an emphasis in the minor.